#International Meeting

Bought from France where he was a Listed winner on very soft ground, L'Eau Du Sud looks to have been gaining some vital experience in his first couple of starts for Dan Skelton in Britain. He seemed badly in need of the outing first time out, following 230 days off the track, at Haydock in November but stepped forward from that when a good third -…

2022-11-21England World Cup tips: Harry Kane to hit the ground running against Iran England play Iran in their first ever international meeting when they kick off their 2022 World Cup campaign in Doha on Monday afternoon. England will be at their 16th World Cup finals, while Iran have reached the tournament on five previous occasions without ever…

California Spangle, seen at trackwork Dec. 7, tackles champion Golden Sixty and some tough foreign competition in Sunday's Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Jockey Club HONG KONG, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The Longines Hong Kong International Races take center stage in weekend horse racing, with competition from around the globe…

The mercury has plummeted, the snow is falling, and horse racing across the UK and Ireland has fallen foul of the weather. Saturday at Cheltenham - day two of the International Meeting - was scrapped due to frozen ground while Doncaster and Hereford were also forced to cancel for the same reason. The ITV Racing team switched their focus to…

Day one of the International meeting is subject to a precautionary inspection at 7.30am on Friday as course officials brace themselves for another night of freezing temperatures. However, Cheltenham clerk of the course Jon Pullin is currently happy with the role the frost covers - which have been in place since Wednesday afternoon - are playing at…

It is the opening day of the International Meeting at Cheltenham on Friday. ITV cameras will be at jump racing's HQ for four races, and they will also be showing a handicap chase from Bangor-on-Dee. Cheltenham will need to pass a precautionary inspection at 7.30am on Friday to get the green light to race, while Bangor also has a precautionary…

Of course, this whole article depends on the weather Gods playing ball. It's going to be cold later this week and some more meetings could fall by the wayside. Fingers are firmly crossed for Cheltenham and Doncaster, who have made provisions in the way of frost covers and fleecing. Both racetracks are due to race on both Friday and Saturday and…

Gary Moore: hopeful Perseus Way can make better shapes on Saturday Gary Moore believes Perseus Way has what it takes to shape into a Triumph Hurdle contender, provided the promising three-year-old improves at his hurdles at Cheltenham on Saturday. Perseus Way is set to line up in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (12.05) where he could…

James McDonald guides Romantic Warrior to victory in the Group 2 Jockey Club Cup at Sha Tin last month. Picture: Lo Chun Kit-Getty Images James McDonald has a lot of big races on his CV but he's determined to add the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup to that list and he won't get many better opportunities than this Sunday with rising star Romantic Warrior. The…

Chris Wilson looks ahead to the International Meeting and shares five names to note on an exciting card from the home of jumps racing this Saturday, live on Racing TV. Fingers crossed the weather doesn't get in the way! Winter is officially here - but jumps fans should not crack open the mulled wine just yet. Cheltenham's executive will no doubt be…

Impulsive One (left) shares the silks of Henderson's other leading Cheltenham hope Fusil Raffles A major non-runner in the bet365 Summit Juvenile Hurdle (2.40) has driven market support for Impulsive One to claim a first Graded success at Doncaster on Saturday. The Nicky Henderson-trained runner suffered his first defeat over hurdles at Kempton in…

Trained by Andrew Balding for owner Jeff Smith, the daughter of No Nay Never was a top-level winner in each of the last three seasons, winning the Cheveley Park Stakes as a juvenile, both the Coronation and Sussex Stakes at three and then successfully dropping back to six furlongs to win this season's July Cup as a four-year-old. Bidding started at…

Weveallbeencaught Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, March 17 1pt each-way at 40-1 with bet365 One horse caught my eye more than any other at Cheltenham's November meeting and he strikes me as a big price for festival glory even at this ridiculously early stage. What we saw off and on the track makes me think Nigel Twiston-Davies has another…

Can you take any more semi-final drama? Well, there's a bit more for you on Monday night as the women's tournament reaches the last four. Can the Jillaroos be stopped? Will England be able to fight off the Kiwi Ferns? Here is everything you need to know ahead of Monday's action… Where: LNER Community Stadium, York.

The November Meeting continues at Cheltenham on Saturday, where the Paddy Power Gold Cup headlines the action. Along with four races from Prestbury Park, we'll head over to Lingfield for two Listed races in their All-Weather Finals series. Monmiral always looked like he'd make up into a high-class chaser, so I was surprised when Paul Nicholls kept…

Day one of the International Meeting at Cheltenham on Friday features a bumper eight-race card from the Cotswolds with an early start time of 11.30am. That's down to the addition of the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase, which was lost to a waterlogged course at Huntingdon last Sunday, and adds even more quality to Friday's Cheltenham offering. Racing at…

Flightline, the world's #1 horse in the TRC Global Rankings, was on schedule to meet the former #1 Life Is Good after they featured among the pre-entries for the 2022 Breeders' Cup. The unbeaten five-year-old Flightline was one of nine horses engaged in the $6m Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, when the names were announced on October 26, in which he…